Dookhan’s falsification of drug tests, in an attempt to look like a highly productive employee, prompted the release of hundreds of convicts, raised questions about thousands of cases, and forced the state to spend millions to address the problems

like the war on drugs, blame it for plenty, but this has its roots in innocence that should have been lost two decades ago as falsification of documents and references became well known in industry. This is fubar from incompetent political appointees running important organizations with no real concern for the basic function.

Political organizations have trouble admitting fault, and without the admission of fault you can't correct problems. A savvy person can get into a position by lying, and once they get that first "golden" review, the boss will never admit they made a mistake and fire the person, because it reduces their own chances for going up the ladder.

She lied about having a chemistry degree and processed 3-5 times the samples of any other employee. She forged coworkers signatures and actually changed negative tests to positive. Coworkers complained about her shoddy work and tests that cops had found to be negative came up positive when she tested.

The problem was far beyond one person. There simply were no controls at that lab, including validating her degree.